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Hi all, Last Thursday (January 20, 2005) the Sacramento (CA) Bee had an article on Lego Mindstorms in a local school: (URL) it here> This Saturday they are sending a photographer out to our <www.sacbb.org Sacramento Brick Builders> meeting and (...) (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Except that those headlines are funny. This piece is pathetic. The bottom line is that the quality of writing and thinking displayed in this paper is worthy of a 12 year old, satire or no. William & Mary? Pleh. I weep. JOHN (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I meant, it would not be out of place in The Onion. Headlines: "Lego Minifigs Aryan Yellow! Spoon Violence Follows Knife Ban!" -Erik (20 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Hm...well, first off, I think this guy Dan gots issues. 1) He didn't do enough research to know how to say "Lego"..ie. "Legos"... 2) "Aryan Yellow"...that's a leap of faith. White folks are no more yellow than black/African-American folks are (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Brian, go get him an Alpha Team iceblade--Dash (male) is the pilot. Same with the Police helicopter.. -Scott (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I think the official line is that anytime something is licensed, then the flesh-colored figures can be used. If you look at the Ferrari sets, the crew is yellow, but Barichello and Shumacher are flesh-colored. Spider-Man, Harry Potter, and (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Hello! Political correctness leads to silliness. Bye Jojo (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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(...) Wow. yet another poor, deluded schmoo in need of a life. I feel sorry for this fellow. I mean one has to have a pretty lousy outlook on life to be spending it trying to find racism in the commercial world and stil manage to miss so blatantly. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) To be honest, I was most upset by the title. Boycott? The article didn't even call for a boycott. Nor do I think that the article's voracity warranted one even in the eyes of the author. It seemed like the title was just meant to be attention (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Well we do have a brown head in Star Wars sets for Lando and they are used in the new Spider Man sets as well, so they have broken way from just the NBA sets. But I do understand your point. jt (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Keep in mind that caucasian NBA players were also included in flesh tone: Steve Nash (Canada) Dirk Nowitzki (Germany) Pau Gasol (Spain) Tony Kukoc (Croatia) ... so I don't believe the stereotype is in the NBA figs (although, they were a bad (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Actually, I think there are some good issues that are raised in this article. (...) There is some validity to the argument that yellow more closely represents light-skinned people. The author oversteps by calling it "Aryan yellow" to be sure, (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Admire the sentiment Steve, but you might be (if Eric is right and it IS a humour piece) playing right into their hands... they'll collect the best/goofiest mail and publish it for the laughs. Also, (referring to your next post) the use of (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Holy s***. Youve got to be kidding. I KNEW this would happen eventually, what with the introduction of the flesh figs. But to think they'd target the themes themselves is really weird. Now, I don't know the half of set designing, but I suspect (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Here is the email I sent to the boneheads. Steven Weiser Subj: Boycott Lego Date: 1/25/2005 11:09:16 AM Eastern Standard Time From: WsrSteven To: letters@dogstreetjournal.com First, there is no plural for Lego. Second, are you people thinking (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) I suggest every single fan send them an email. I just did. What a bunch of kooks. Steven Weiser (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) lol-- the ultimate smack critique:-) I weep for the future. JOHN (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) This is a humor piece, right? (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) The column has some good points. Too bad it suffers from lazy journalism. Like describing traditional minifigs as "aryan yellow". Aryan. Yellow. Yeah, right. And the columnist missed out on some other good discussion points: 1. Lego has (...) (20 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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